On 1/3/01 at 12:44 PM -0800, Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
2. IETF meetings should not be used for introducing ideas or
specifications; use the list.
There are times where meetings can better for "introducing ideas"
than the mailing lists are. If people in a WG think that the WG
should attack a new problem, and many people have proposed solutions
for that problem, hearing three different presentations of the
problem and proposed solutions in a face-to-face meeting can be
useful.
As you might have anticipated, I strongly disagree. Three internet
drafts of the three different presentations of problem and proposed
solution are completely appropriate. If there are questions about
those I-Ds that need to be discussed in a face-to-face, that is
perfectly acceptable. However, dog and pony shows are a waste of time
and only serve to lend more support to the person with the prettier
dog and pony. If you can't write your proposal down in an I-D
effectively, then it's not going to go into an RFC effectively and we
might as well not waste face-to-face meeting time on the proposal at
all.
pr
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Pete Resnick <mailto:presnick(_at_)qualcomm(_dot_)com>
Eudora Engineering - QUALCOMM Incorporated